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The book introduces students and practitioners to all necessary concepts and tools used to evaluate programs and policies. It focuses on issues that arise when evaluating programs, using those offered by non-profit and governmental organizations serving different sectors (social services, health, education, social work) as case studies.

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Evaluation EssentialsEvaluation Essentials is an indispensable text that offers an introduction to program evaluation. Examples of program descriptions from a variety of sectors including public policy, public health, non-profit management, social work, arts management, education, international assistance, and labor illustrate the book's step-by-step approach to the process and methods of program evaluation. Perfect for students as well as new evaluators, Evaluation Essentials offers a comprehensive foundation in the core concepts, theories, and methods of program evaluation.

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Evaluation Essentials Evaluation Essentials is an indispensable text that offers an introduction to program evaluation. Examples of program descriptions from a variety of sectors including public policy, public health, non-profit management, social work, arts management, education, international assistance, and labor illustrate the book's step-by-step approach to the process and methods of program evaluation. Perfect for students as well as new evaluators, Evaluation Essentials offers a comprehensive foundation in the core concepts, theories, and methods of program evaluation. Beth Osborne Daponte--a leading authority in program evaluation--clearly shows how to form evaluation questions, describe programs using program theory and program logic models, understand causation as it relates to evaluation, use quasi-experimental design, and create meaningful outcome measures. The book offers appropriate approaches to collecting data and introduces readers to survey design and sampling. Daponte explores what it means to say that a program "causes" change to occur. Evaluation Essentials provides a rigorous introduction to quasi-experimental design, helps determine which designs are most appropriate for given situations, and explains the trade-offs between designs.

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Evaluation Essentials Evaluation Essentials is an indispensable text that offers an introduction to program evaluation. Examples of program descriptions from a variety of sectors including public policy, public health, non-profit management, social work, arts management, education, international assistance, and labor illustrate the book's step-by-step approach to the process and methods of program evaluation. Perfect for students as well as new evaluators, Evaluation Essentials offers a comprehensive foundation in the core concepts, theories, and methods of program evaluation. Beth Osborne Daponte--a leading authority in program evaluation--clearly shows how to form evaluation questions, describe programs using program theory and program logic models, understand causation as it relates to evaluation, use quasi-experimental design, and create meaningful outcome measures. The book offers appropriate approaches to collecting data and introduces readers to survey design and sampling. Daponte explores what it means to say that a program "causes" change to occur. Evaluation Essentials provides a rigorous introduction to quasi-experimental design, helps determine which designs are most appropriate for given situations, and explains the trade-offs between designs.

Author Biography

Beth Osborne Daponte, Ph.D., is a senior research scholar at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and lecturer in the School of Management at Yale University. Currently, she is also working with a large community foundation, helping it address its evaluation challenges at both the organizational and programmatic levels.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii The Author xv One: Introduction 1 Learning Objectives 1 The Evaluation Framework 3 Summary 7 Key Terms 7 Discussion Questions 7 Two: Describing the Program 9 Learning Objectives 9 Motivations for Describing the Program 11 Common Mistakes Evaluators Make When Describing the Program 12 Conducting the Initial Informal Interviews 12 Pitfalls in Describing Programs 13 The Program Is Alive, and So Is Its Description 14 Program Theory 15 The Program Logic Model 20 Challenges of Programs with Multiple Sites 29 Program Implementation Model 30 Program Theory and Program Logic Model Examples 30 Summary 53 Key Terms 54 Discussion Questions 54 Three: Laying the Evaluation Groundwork 55 Learning Objectives 55 Evaluation Approaches 56 Framing Evaluation Questions 57 Insincere Reasons for Evaluation 60 Who Will Do the Evaluation? 60 External Evaluators 61 Internal Evaluators 62 Confidentiality and Ownership of Evaluation Ethics 63 Building a Knowledge Base from Evaluations 64 High Stakes Testing 65 The Evaluation Report 66 Summary 68 Key Terms 69 Discussion Questions 69 Four: Causation 71 Learning Objectives 71 Necessary and Sufficient 72 Types of Effects 81 Lagged Effects 81 Permanency of Effects 81 Functional Form of Impact 81 Summary 83 Key Terms 83 Discussion Questions 84 Five: the Prisms of Validity 85 Learning Objectives 85 Statistical Conclusion Validity 87 Small Sample Sizes 88 Measurement Error 90 Unclear Questions 91 Unreliable Treatment Implementation 91 Fishing 92 Internal Validity 92 Threat of History 93 Threat of Maturation 94 Selection 94 Mortality 95 Testing 96 Statistical Regression 97 Instrumentation 98 Diffusion of Treatments 99 Compensatory Equalization of Treatments 99 Compensatory Rivalry and Resentful Demoralization 100 Construct Validity 100 Mono-Operation Bias 102 Mono-Method Bias 102 External Validity 103 Summary 105 Key Terms 105 Discussion Questions 106 Six: Attributing Outcomes to the Program: Quasi-experimental Design 107 Learning Objectives 107 Quasi-Experimental Notation 108 Frequently Used Designs That Do Not Show Causation 109 One-Group Posttest-Only 109 Posttest-Only with Nonequivalent Groups 110 Participants' Pretest-Posttest 111 Designs That Generally Permit Causal Inferences 112 Untreated Control Group Design with Pretest and Posttest 112 Delayed Treatment Control Group 118 Different Samples Design 120 Nonequivalent Observations Drawn from One Group 121 Nonequivalent Groups Using Switched Measures 122 Cohort Designs 123 Time Series Designs 125 Archival Data 127 Summary 128 Key Terms 128 Discussion Questions 129 Seven: Collecting Data 131 Learning Objectives 131 Informal Interviews 132 Focus Groups 132 Survey Design 136 Sampling 140 Ways to Collect Survey Data 143 Anonymity and Confidentiality 144 Summary 146 Key Terms 147 Discussion Questions 147 Eight: Conclusions 149 Learning Objectives 149 Using Evaluation Tools to Develop Grant Proposals 150 Hiring an Evaluation Consultant 152 Summary 152 Key Terms 153 Discussion Questions 153 Appendix A: American Community Survey 155 Glossary 157 References 163 Index 165

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Evaluation Essentials Evaluation Essentials is an indispensable text that offers an introduction to program evaluation. Examples of program descriptions from a variety of sectors including public policy, public health, non-profit management, social work, arts management, education, international assistance, and labor illustrate the books step-by-step approach to the process and methods of program evaluation. Perfect for students as well as new evaluators, Evaluation Essentials offers a comprehensive foundation in the core concepts, theories, and methods of program evaluation. Beth Osborne Daponte a leading authority in program evaluation clearly shows how to form evaluation questions, describe programs using program theory and program logic models, understand causation as it relates to evaluation, use quasi-experimental design, and create meaningful outcome measures. The book offers appropriate approaches to collecting data and introduces readers to survey design and sampling. Daponte explores what it means to say that a program "causes" change to occur. Evaluation Essentials provides a rigorous introduction to quasi-experimental design, helps determine which designs are most appropriate for given situations, and explains the trade-offs between designs.

Feature

Draws on the evaluation plans of approximately 40 programs, which illuminate the discussion throughout the text. The author is an authority in evaluation of programs, policies, and organizations. Includes substantial support package for faculty, with PowerPoint presentations of each chapter, evaluation plans of actual programs in different fields, with accompanying program theory, program logic model, critical discussion of the program, and the evaluation plan for the program. Provides a complete overview of the evaluation process from beginning to end.

Details ISBN0787984396 Author Beth Osborne Daponte Short Title EVALUATION ESSENTIALS Language English ISBN-10 0787984396 ISBN-13 9780787984397 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 001.4 Illustrations Yes Year 2008 Series Research Methods for the Social Sciences Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. Country of Publication United States Place of Publication New York Birth 1962 Edition 1st Subtitle Methods For Conducting Sound Research DOI 10.1604/9780787984397 Series Number 23 UK Release Date 2008-07-18 AU Release Date 2008-07-01 NZ Release Date 2008-07-01 Pages 192 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Publication Date 2008-07-18 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly US Release Date 2008-07-18 Replaced by 9781394234783 We've got this

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